Assassins Strike

April 2, 1985

GUATEMALA CITY — A retired Guatemalan general and his 2-year-old grandson took a drive through the center of the city Sunday night. Waiting for them: Assassins. The killers, firing machine guns and automatic pistols from a car and two motorcycles, hit Gen. Manuel Francisco Sosa Avila, 65, and his grandson, Roger Manuel Mungia, several times in the chest and head. They died instantly. The killers fled, and no one has claimed responsibility. Note: Sosa Avila was head of Guatemala's police force from 1970-74.